Marie-Élisa Nordmann-Cohen
Marie-Élisa Nordmann-Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 4, 1910 Paris, France |
| Died | August 5, 1993 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Marie-Élisa Nordmann |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Employers | |
| Known for | Chemistry, Resistance fighting |
| Spouse | Francis Cohen |
| Children | 4 |
Marie-Élisa Nordmann-Cohen (4 November 1910 – 15 August 1993) was a French chemist, antifascist, and communist member of the French Resistance during World War II.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Marie-Élisa Nordmann was a student of physicist Paul Langevin, who supervised her doctoral studies in chemistry before the war.
Beginning in 1940, she distributed clandestine publications from the intellectual resistance group Université Libré. During this time, she became close with France Bloch-Sérazin, the daughter of Jean-Richard Bloch. In 1943 she was deported to Auschwitz.[3] Though she survived, Bloch-Sérazin did not. After the war, she helped found and became president of l'Amicale des anciens déportés d'Auschwitz (The Association of Auschwitz Deportees).
She and Frédéric Joliot-Curie helped establish the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, where she was Secretary of the Scientific Council. Afterwards, she worked at the Sorbonne, and later at the Université d’Orsay.
She married journalist Francis Cohen.[4] She died on 15 August 1993.[5] Her daughter Isabelle Cohen published a poetic biography of Marie-Elisa Nordmann in 2024 titled Revenir Raconter[6] (Returning Retelling), which was widely acclaimed by the French media.[7]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Marie-Elisa Nordmann-Cohen | Mémoires des déportations 1939-1945" (in French). memoiresdesdeportations.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Décès de Marie-Elisa Nordmann-Cohen" (in French). L'Humanité. 1993-08-17. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Marie-Élisa NORDMANN, épouse Cohen – 31687" (in French). www.memoirevive.org. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ Maitron, Jean; Pennetier, Claude (2008-10-25). "COHEN Marie-Élisa [née NORDMANN Marie-Élisa, épouse RUMPF, puis épouse COHEN]" (in French). maitron-en-ligne.univ-paris1.fr. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ Vaillant-Couturier. "Nordmann-Cohen Marie-Elisa | Mémoires des déportations 1939 - 1945" (in French). memoiresdesdeportations.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Isabelle Cohen, Revenir Raconter, Verdier". May 2024.
- ^ Singer, Ariane (June 9, 2024). "« Revenir Raconter », d'Isabelle Cohen : abécédaire d'une déportation, Le Monde des livres".